[Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS?

[mcorippo]

And we did it on a test box with an OS update.  Threw the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg on the JSS as-is, pushed it to a test box running 10.5.4, and required a reboot.  It rebooted twice on its own, and was
running 10.5.5 with no apparent issues or problems.  Too easy.

disclaimer:  Have not gone beyond early testing at this point.

Matt Corippo
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
I.T. Dept.



Damien Weiss <damien at mac.com> on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM -0700 wrote:
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>I do that.  The only time it's burned me is with the FCP6.0.4 update, which I believe Apple called the ProApps2.0(???) update.  Casper reported that it had installed the package, but when we launched the
>applications, it clearly had not.
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>I believe it was because it was a mpkg, but I never took the time to investigate.
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>Thanks,
>Damien
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>On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:
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>So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them into casper admin for software updates?
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>I think I almost like that idea better....
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>>>> "Criss  Myers" <[ mailto:CMyers at uclan.ac.uk ]CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>>
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>Hi,
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>I depoly all updates via the JSS,
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>1. It means i can control the updates better than via software update server,
>2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging
>3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route
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>Criss
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>Criss Myers
>Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
>Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
>LIS Business Support Team
>Library 301
>University of Central Lancashire
>Preston PR1 2HE
>Ex 5054
>01772 895054
>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at  2:39 PM, in message <[ mailto:ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com ]ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com>, "Miles Leacy" <[
>mailto:miles.leacy at themacadmin.com ]miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote:
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>Hey all,
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>I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server.  While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them
>too the JSS and deploying them that way.
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>Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from
>the JSS.
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>Thanks,
>Miles
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